fussbudget

fuss·budg·et

[fuhs-buhj-it]
noun
a fussy or needlessly fault-finding person.

Origin:
1900–05, Americanism; fuss + budget

fuss·budg·et·y, adjective
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Word Origin & History

fussbudget
1904, from fuss (q.v.). One of several similar formulations around this time: Cf. fussbox (1901); fusspot (1921).
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Fussbudget is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
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